Cathleen Nichols (Arizona)
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Cathleen Nichols is the Democratic Division 5 judge on the Coconino County Superior Court in Arizona. She was first elected to the court in 2012. Nichols won re-election again in the general election on November 8, 2016.[1]
Nichols had sought election to the court's Division 1 seat in 2010, but was defeated in the general election that year.
Biography
Prior to her superior court appointment, Nichols served as a justice of the peace for Flagstaff, which is part of the Coconino County Justice Courts.
Elections
2016
Arizona held elections for 80 superior court judgeships on November 8, 2016. Seventeen of those seats were up for partisan election, including a primary contest on August 30, 2016. Only one partisan race saw more than one candidate file for the election. As both were of the same party, the race was decided in the primary, leaving all of the races unopposed on the general election ballot.
General election
Incumbent Cathleen Nichols ran unopposed in the general election for Division 5 on the Coconino County Superior Court.
| Coconino County Superior Court, Division 5 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Cathleen Nichols Incumbent (unopposed) |
99.01% | 30,103 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.99% | 301 | ||
| Total Votes | 30,404 | |||
| Source: Coconino County, Arizona, "Election Summary Report: 2016 General Election," November 8, 2016 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||||
Primary election
Incumbent Cathleen Nichols ran unopposed in the Democratic primary election for Division 5 on the Coconino County Superior Court.
| Coconino County Superior Court, Division 5 Democratic Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Cathleen Nichols Incumbent (unopposed) |
99.35% | 10,219 |
| Write-in votes | 0.65% | 67 |
| Total Votes | 10,286 | |
| Source: Coconino County, Arizona, "2016 Primary Election Final Results," September 7, 2016 | ||
2012
Nichols was elected to the Division 5 seat on the Coconino County Superior Court in the general election on November 6, 2012.[2] She defeated Republican write-in candidate Gary Robbins in the general election on November 6.[3][1]
Invalid petition signatures
Nichols was originally supposed to compete against Judge Joseph Lodge in the primary election. Yavapai County Judge Michael R. Bluff, however, ruled that the signatures nominating Lodge for the election were invalid because he failed to indicate which division he was running for.[4]
2010
- See also: Arizona judicial elections, 2010
Nichols ran for the Division 1 seat on the Coconino County Superior Court. She lost to Jacqueline Hatch in the general election.[5]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The AZ Daily Sun, "Nichols bests Robbins for Superior Court judge," November 07, 2012
- ↑ Daily Sun, "County judge off ballot?" June 27, 2012
- ↑ Arizona Daily Sun, "No love lost in race for judge," October 9, 2012
- ↑ Arizona Daily Sun, "Judge's name thrown off primary ballot," June 28, 2012
- ↑ Coconino County Recorder, 2010 Unofficial Election Results
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Arizona • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Arizona
State courts:
Arizona Supreme Court • Arizona Court of Appeals • Arizona Superior Court • Arizona Justice Courts • Arizona Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Arizona • Arizona judicial elections • Judicial selection in Arizona
